Liquid-feeding device.



No. 875,295. PATEN'IIID DEC; 3l, 1907. J. I'. SMITH. LIQUID `IEEDINGDEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1.7, 1907.

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JULIUS FRANCE SMITH,

OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELDON B. KEITH, OFBROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

. LIQUID-FEEDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907'.

Application filed September 17,1907. Serial No. 393,395.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULiUs FRANCE SMITH, of Brockton, in the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Liquid- Feeding Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has especial reference to the removal of a relativelythick or viscous liquid from a receptacle, in small quant-ities and insuch manner that the liquid may be removed as required, without waste,and with the minimum loss by evaporation.

The invention is embodied in a device for feeding a liquid compositionwhich is used for filling cracks in patent leather, and particularly intoe-caps and other patentleather parts of boots and shoes.

It not infrequently happens, that after a boot or shoe has beencompleted, cracks develop in the patent leather of the toe-ca and otherparts. It is customary to fill these cracks with a relatively thickcomposition, analogous to that of which the original coating of the`patent leather was made. Heretofore the filling composition has beenoured out in small quantities, on a flat surface or palette, from whichit is taken udp by a brush or by the operators finger, an applied to thecracks of the patent leather. This practice involves more or less wasteof the composition, and is further objectionable because it is untidy.

The device in which the present invention is embodied overcomes theobjections above recited.

The invention consists in the improvements hereinafter described andclaimed.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification,-Figure 1'repreresents a side elevation of a feedingdevice embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2-2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a top plan view of the device.

The same reference characters indicate the same arts in all the figures.

ln the rawings,-12 represents a tubular casing or holder, which is openat both ends and is adapted to rest as a cap or cover on the mouth of abottle or other receptacle 13 containing a liquid composition, which maybe the usual composition employed for filling cracks in patent leather.

14 represents a drum or pulley affixed to a shaft 15, which is journaledin bearings in the casing 12 the arrangement being preferably such thatthe highest part of the pulley is substantially flush with the upper endof the casing, the latter constituting a curb which surrounds thepulley.

16 represents an endless conveyer, which surrounds the pulley 14, anddepends therefrom into the receptacle 13. The said conveyer ispreferably composed of metallic links of relatively fine wire,interengaged in such manner as to form a flat flexible chain, the lengthof which is such that it is adapted to extend substantially to thebottom of the receptacle 13. The shaft 15 may be provided with ahand-wheel 17, or other suitable device, to permit the shaft and pulleyto be conveniently rotated, the rotation of the pulley causing a feedingmovement of the conveyer 16, one stretch of the conveyer rising from theliquid in the receptacle, and raising a limited quantity of the liquidto the upper side of the pulley. The liquid thus raised may be removedby the operators finger, or by a brush applied to the conveyer. Owing tothe fact that the highest part of the conveyer is surrounded by thecasing 12, any liquid which is not taken up'by the finger or brush dropsback through the casing, into the receptacle, so that waste of thematerial is avoided.

A conveyer composed of wire links is particularly desirable as a featurefor relatively thick liquids, because the liquid while readily raised bythe chain to the mouth of the casing 12, quickly drains off from thelinks of the chain, and falls back into the receptacle, so that thechain does not become caked by the evaporation of the composition aftera period of disuse. The chain therefore is maintained in a flexibleoperative condition. The chain also acts to stir the liquid in thereceptacle, and thus prevent sedimentation while the device is in use.

The casing 12 is preferably provided with a hinged cap or cover 18,which when closed prevents evaporation of the contents of thereceptacle.

I have here shown a base or support 19 on which the receptacle rests,said base having a standard 20, the upper end of which is bifurcated toform arms 21, between which projects a shank 22 formed on the casing 12,said shank having a head or enlargement 23 at its outer end, which iswider than the space between the arms 21. A loose-joint connection isthus afforded, between the casing and the standard 20, the casing beingfreely removable from the standard.

I claim:

1. A liquid-feeding device comprising a base having a standard, areceptacle resting on the base, a casing loosely connected With thestandard and resting on the receptacle,

and an endless conveyer depending from the casing into the receptacle.

2. A liquid feeding device comprising a base having a bifurcatedstandard, a'recep- -tacle resting on the base, a casing resting on thebase, a'casing carried by said receptacle,

a shank projecting from said casing t e end portion of which terminatesin an enlarged head, said shank being adapted to loosely engage thebifurcated portion of the standar and an endless conveyer depending fromthe casing into the receptacle.

5. A liquid feeding device comprising a l casing 1provided With verticalWalls, a pulley journa d in said Walls and arranged so that the tops ofthe Walls and the surfacev of the pulley Will be substantially flushWith one an- -vertical Walls and arranged so that other, and an endlessconveyer depending from said pulley. 6. A liquid feeding devicecomprising a base, a receptacle mounted thereon, a casing mounted on thereceptacle and provided with vertical Walls, a pulley journaled in saidits top surface will be substantially flush With the top edges of saidvertical Walls, and an endless conveyer depending from said pulley into.said receptacle.

7,)A liquid feeding device comprising a base, a receptacle mountedthereon, a casing formed to engage the mouth of the receptacle, a pulleymounted in said casing, and

an endless conveyer formed of closely interengaged links of flexiblematerial depending from said pulley and into said receptacle.

8. A liquid feeding device comprising a base carrying astandard theupper portion of which is bifurcated, a receptacle mounted on the base,a casing mounted on the receptacle and provided with a hinged cover, ashank projecting from the casing and loosely engaging with thebifurcated portion of the standard, a pulley journaled Within thecasing, and an endless conveyer depending from said pulley and into saidreceptacle.

9. A liquid feeding device comprising a casing, and an endless conveyerdepending from said casing, said endless conveyer being formed ofclosely interengaved links of line Wire arranged to form a fiat eXiblechain.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of tWoWitnesses.

JULIUS FRANCE SMITH.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. LEAGH, l ANNA E. MoCoRMIoK.

